Review of: Mazda 787B TSC By RVV Motor Works.
There are two facts that are true, not only to me, but even to wikipedia and Jeremy Clarkson. 1. GT4 is almost a simulator. 2. The Mazda's 787B from 1991 is out of this world. In every sense.
17 year old Felix Wankel once had a dream. In the dream he went to a party in car which engine he had invented. Something he finally achieved. 21 years after his death i take on the 787B, the ultimate realization of his dream. 2.6 Liters, 4 rotors, natural aspiration. (If you need a website to understand how a rotatory engine works heres one:
http://www.keveney.com/Wankel.html , and no, it doesnt spin around the car if thats your question). This car was born for speed, it was born for Le Mans. Temple of automobilism, where engineering wonders battle, not only against themselves, but against a 13k circuit and 24 hours of constant abuse and high speeds. Want to picture how ******** good car this is? here are three facts that will give you an exact picture of it, 1. Its the first, and so far only Japanes car to win Le Mans, and the first one to do it with a piston-less engine. 2. Despite racing with 250 BHP less than a Mercedes Benz C-11 it beated it in Le Mans '91. 3. Mazda claims that the engine can produce 930 BHP and have a redline of 10.5k RPM, though it didnt raced on that setup cuz of reliability issues.
Now, RVV's work. What these speed freaks have done is turbocharging the car up to 951 BHP, and installed nitrous on it. They also fiddled with the tranny and modified the cars aerodynamics and its suspension, and its diff. I dont know that to think. First, i dont think an 18 year old race-car with a gearbox that gets up to 5fth gear only can achieve their claims of 325+MP/H. Second, they seem like nice guys and the setup looks like it tooks weeks making it, its very strange but very logic. Test course is where ill clear my mind.
The track is silent. Nothing can be heard. And then i light up the car. Its engine roars differently from the stock version. Still that ufo-like sound persists although mixed with a more "normal sound", its simply amazing. Then i decide to get on the throttle. (Tv volume up) My ears are near to the point of bleeding, but being this sound i enjoy it.
Here we go.
First gear is hell. Its hell, its hell, its hell! That revved up roto-rocket bolted to the back of this car produces an unbelivable sound at max revs and those medium compound racing tires turn to pieces in a cloud of tire smoke that goes until the first 150 meters of the track. Second gear kicks in calming all that noise-fest. Every thing changes now. Tires arent smoking and the engine makes that familiar revving noise. 150KM/H (93 MP/H) at this time. Fourth gear comes just a bit before the 900 meters, just shy of 360KM/H (223MP/H). You might be thinking, why this idiot didnt mentioned 3rd gear...well, things happen very quick with this machine, and very smoothly, i should say, which is weird cuz doing it in an Escudo is an ever going hell.
400 KM/H (248.5 MP/H), and i come to the end of the straight and the beginning of the banked curve. Surprisingly the car is incredibly controled trough here (contoled for a 400km/h + speed). As Rotatory suggests i hold the bottom line, but then, at the end of the curve, i slightly touch the wall. Dont get me wrong, its not the cars foult, im not an excellent driver. Demmit, ill repeat this.
I repeat the same process and i do something also advised by Rotatory, i get on the nitrous before the end of the curve, still my dumb**** driving takes the 787B to the wall but very, very slightly and with the R1 button deeply pressed theres no any noticeable drop in speed and OFF I GO TROUGH THAT TUNNEL!!! NITROUS ON!!!, THE ENGINE'S ROAR ON THE TUNNEL IS JUST FABULOUS!!!, And here it came the moment i wanted to achieve and this guys achieved for me. DIALS ARE ALL MAXED OUT!!! AND THE FIRST NUMBER ON THE DIGITAL READ-OUT OF THE SPEEDO TURNS TO 5!!!!!!, GOD!!! I LAUGH AT YOU FROM THIS NON-EXISTANT TRACK IN THIS VERY-EXIXTING CAR, AT THE VERY REAL SPEED OF 527.38 KM/H (327.664 MP/H)!!!!!!!!, Oh wait, lets calm down its just a game. Sheesh, that was great.
Conclusion: This is fun. Very exciting. I envy you Rotatory Junkie, i envy you and congratulate you for making this setting. Its as much adrenaline you can get in a game, or as much as ive got so far. Its enough for joining the 300MP/H club but i just dont feel with enough rights do do it, its not my work. I was "just" 5MP/H short of breaking the 787B record of 332.51mph by 2078TM. I feel like fitting super soft tires on the car and making a little tuning myself. My goal is beating 2078TM. And if Rotatory allows me to do have his settings as a base im sure i would. This tune is more than excitement, its serious speed. I just hope Rotatory doesnt make a better setting first and achieves my goal.
Score? Lets say... the stock 787B in test course is a 7.7 to me. But RVV's tune is so wicked that it raises the score by 3.4. Score: 10.1.
no worries though, this is my favorite car. Spent quite some time with it. Sure it can be tuned better, but hey, it's a 60 year old 'Stang, what'd you expect? 
Yeah the power isnt as accessable as say, a normal R33. Its just the 400R being... a 400R. 
Best 400R you've ever driven? Oh my. 
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